254 . COTTON PLANTER'S MANUAL. 



The quantities of cotton exported from the United States 

 to Spain, according to United States Treasury reports, the 

 years specified, were as follows : 



1851 . . . 34,272,625 Ibs. 1854 . . . 35,024,074 Ibs. 



1852 . . 29,301,928 " 1855 . . 33,071,795 

 1853. . . 36,851,042 " Avrg. (5 yrs.) 33,704,292 " 



From Cuba, the same years, according to " Balanzas Gene- 

 rales" of that Island, the quantities exported to Spain were 

 as follows : 



1851 .... 13,145 Ibs. 1854 . . . 1,489 Ibs. 



1852 . . . 300,225 " 1855 .... No data. 



1853 .... 138,625 " Average (4 yrs.) 113,438 " 



From Porto Rico, according to official Balanzas of that island, 

 as follows : 



1851 .... 315,083 Ibs. 1854 . . No data. 



1852 . . . 141,807 " 1855 . . . No data. 



1853 .... 245,552 " Average (3 yrs.) 234,147 Ibs. 



From Brazil, according to the " Proposta e Rdatario" of 

 that empire for the years 1852-'3, and 1853-' 4, the quantities 

 of cotton exported to Spain were as follows : 



1852-'53, 2,291,578 



1853-'5, 2,351,279 



Average, (2 years) 2,321,428 



Spain, according to the " Cuadro General" of that kingdom 

 for 1849, imported that year, from countries of production, 

 26,136,881 Ibs. of cotton; of which quantity the United States 



